Waqar Azeem

Systems Architect

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Professional Experience

Systems Architect

2012 – 2023

i2c incorporated

  • Engineered highly available hybrid cloud setups using Linux (RHEL) and Virtualization (VMware/KVM).
  • Designed mission-critical OLTP systems with controlled change management.
  • Managed enterprise storage (Dell EMC PowerMax) and Brocade FC switches.
  • Lead Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) planning.

System Administrator

2009 – 2012

UET Lahore

  • Managed and troubleshot complete wired and wireless LAN.
  • Maintained DNS, Mail, Web, FTP, DHCP, and Active Directory servers for 100% uptime.
Education

B.Sc Electrical Engineering

UET Lahore, Pakistan

2005 – 2009

Fellowships
IETF Fellow2013
ICANN Fellow2011

Interests

Photography Blogging
Certifications

AWS

  • Solutions Architect (Assoc)
  • SysOps Administrator (Assoc)
  • Developer (Assoc)

Google Cloud

  • Professional Cloud DevOps
  • Associate Cloud Engineer

Red Hat & Linux

  • RHCSA (Red Hat Admin)
  • Oracle Solaris 11 Admin
  • Oracle Solaris 10 OS

VMware & Virtualization

  • VCP6-DCV (Data Center)
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Specialist

Infrastructure

  • Cisco CCNA R&S
  • EMC VNX Specialist
  • EMC Info Storage (ISM v2)
Cloud Stack
AWSAzureGCPHybrid CloudRoute53
DevOps
KubernetesDockerJenkinsAnsibleTerraformGit
Security
PCI DSSSSAE18CIS BenchmarksPfSense
Monitoring
NagiosDynatraceCloudWatchCacti